Monday, July 10, 2006

Bush Hiding More Unchecked Spy Programs

This administration is pathologically secretive.

Crooks and Liars � Hoekstra: Bush Hiding More Unchecked Spy Programs:

Hoekstra: This is actually a case where the whistleblower process was working appropriately. Some people within the intelligence community brought to my attention some programs that they believed we had not been briefed on. They were right. We have now been briefed on those programs, but I wanted to reinforce to the President and to the executive branch in the intelligence community how important and by law, the requirement that they keep the legislative branch informed of what they are doing.

Wallace: Chairman, the President always says in these cases that congressional leaders, including you, as the chairman of the House intelligence, are briefed. How do you explain this failure and how serious do you take it?

Hoekstra: Well, I take it very, very seriously otherwise I would not have written the letter to the President.

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